Wow, I actually had time to wander around Dataran Merdeka (Independence Square) and take several shots of the Sultan Abdul Samad building. I always admire the building since my early childhood. It stood there long before I even born into this world.
It was designed by A.C. Norman and built in 1894-1896 to house several important government departments during the British administration. A.C. Norman spent time in Africa and saw Muslim temples in India which led him to use Moorish architecture in the building's design, not realizing that the Malays already had a highly developed South-East Asian form of their own.
In 1971, Kuala Lumpur suffered a huge flood after a heavy rainfall. Part of the building was not spared. In 1978, a massive renovation was undertaken. The renovation took six years to complete with a total cost of RM 17.2 million. That's really big money during that time.
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